Comments on: News vs. Noise: Sifting Through News Advertisements

By: Dave Miller

Dave Miller — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:40:18 +0000

Howard,

IPSU is a favorite of the shorts (people who short sell a stock). Approximately 40% of its float is sold short. The stock only trades about 90K shares a day which makes its price movements more erratic. Add to the mix that last week a director was selling shares and that just adds fuel to the fire. In this case you will not find any meaningful news on the stock. In addition to the news providers that you mentioned I would also check the sec filings.

Dave

By: Howard

Howard — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:08:02 +0000

Here’s a question for everyone on the forum:

Where is the best web site to look for news on a business? Here’s an example: Imperial Sugar (IPSU) is down about 6.5% right now, and I look all over (Google finance, Yahoo finance, my broker, Marketwatch, and Clearstation), and when I get news quotes for IPSU on all of these sites I don’t see any news on the stock. With such a big percent move compared to the market, I would think there must be some news making this 6.5% move.

Thanks,

Howard

By: Joe Ponzio

Joe Ponzio — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:34:14 +0000

Thanks Ron!

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:01:53 +0000

Thanks Joe for your integrity. We all appreciate what you are doing for us!